Dual wield vs two handed

Lacplesis

Hello Everyone !
Just returned to ESO and I really need some advice on building my DK for PVP.
Last played just after the release and back then two handed was way better than dual wield in PVP, because of the weapon skills.
So my question is : Witch is better right now ? Or at least are they similar ? What are the pros and cons for each of them ? (like burst and stuff).


Thank You for your help !

Dracane

For stamina DK, 2 handed weapons by far. Dragonknights are basically the best class with 2 handed weapons. Reflective scales+Wrecking blow is OP against casters.

But for Magicka Dragonknight however, Dual wield is much better. Because Duel Wield offers more weapon damage than 2 handed weapons and Weapon Damage=Spell damage. Note: I'm not talking about actuall weapon damage, I'm talking about the damage value that your weapon has. The Weapon value is added to both, weapon and spell damage.
Magicka Dragonknights with dual wield have the highest damage output in pvp in my opinion.

Lacplesis

Dual wield Magica Dragonknight is what I was looking for
What would be the main abilities ? Flame lash, molten armaments, unstable flame ? Maybe you could post some magica Dragonknight builds ?

Lacplesis

Also, would like to know about stat build for a dual wield magica Dragonknight.

Dracane

Lacplesis wrote: »

Dual wield Magica Dragonknight is what I was looking for
What would be the main abilities ? Flame lash, molten armaments, unstable flame ? Maybe you could post some magica Dragonknight builds ?

To be honest, I only know dual wield Dragonknights as oponents and no other oponent puts so much pressure on me. There are only 2 serious dual wield Dragonknights on the EU server as far as I am aware of . 1 stoped playing the game though.

Do you want to pvp or pve ? A Magicka dual wield Dragonknight is rather something you want to play in a 1v1 or where there aren't many enemies around. Because it is a full offensive playstyle. You kill withing a few seconds and can survive 1 enemy pretty good. But more enemies are too much to take (that's at least what they told me) It basically depends on how good your enemies are, then you could also kill many at the same time.

You must put everything into Magicka and max out your spell damage. (in 1.7 spell damage and weapon damage will finally be more in par with Magicka/Stamina. So you could also use some Magicka traits to gíncrease your ressource pool) And you should be using regeneration drinks.

The problem is, Dual Wield Dragonknights are blockcasters. With the coming changes to block, this playstyle will become more challeging. That's why I'm going to tell you what to do with the next update.
You will want to use Harness Magicka and Healing Ward to protect yourself. Healing Ward is very expensive and Harness Magicka only restores Magicka against spells, that's why you need as much Magicka regeneration as possible. You can ignore stamina entirely, only use 2 stat drinks. Because Earthern Heart abilities restore 5% stamina on activation, you'll be using ignious shield a lot. So no need to care for stamina

And that's about it basically. Just use the popular Dragonknight abilities and time your burst. Against casters like Sorcerers, you will use scales when you see their Crystal shard proc. As soon as they want to shot at you, use Dragonjump and spam whips. You will deal so much damage within 1 seconds that even a shielded Sorc will not be able to handle it.
Another death combo is spaming Whips, summoning Meteor and right before the meteor hits, you use petrify to break possible blocks.

Lacplesis

Thank You Dracane ! Very thankful for your advice.